Hopalong Cassidy Being A Total Bada$$ #5 ("FORTY THIEVES", 1944) (video)

Hoppy (William Boyd) is marked for death by an outlaw boss and a crooked sheriff.

And when they challenge him to a gunfight on main street...

...it's one man against forty trigger-happy gunslingers.


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Hopalong Cassidy Being A Total Bada$$ #5 ("FORTY THIEVES", 1944) (video)

Hopalong Cassidy Being A Total Bada** #4 ("Hopalong Cassidy Returns", 1936) (video)

Hoppy (William Boyd) has his hands full as the new sheriff of a wide open town.

This includes keeping his younger brother Buddy (William Janney) out of trouble.

But it also puts him on the wrong side of a crooked saloon owner (Grant Richards) and his hired gun (Morris Ankrum).

(This film would be remade in 1941 as "Wide Open Town.")


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Hopalong Cassidy Being A Total Bada** #4 ("Hopalong Cassidy Returns", 1936) (video)

Hopalong Cassidy's Historic First Appearance ("Hop-Along Cassidy", 1935) (video)

William Boyd starred as western hero Bill "Hopalong" Cassidy...

...in 66 wildly-popular feature films from 1935 to 1948.

Here we see his very first historic appearance.


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Hopalong Cassidy's Historic First Appearance ("Hop-Along Cassidy", 1935) (video)

THRILLING Stunt From Hopalong Cassidy Western "The Showdown" (1940) (video)

Sue (Jan Clayton) insists on hopping the next freight out of town.

When she runs into some trouble getting on...

...it's Hoppy (William Boyd) to the rescue.

The result is an amazing and dangerous stunt.


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THRILLING Stunt From Hopalong Cassidy Western "The Showdown" (1940) (video)

Blazing Saloon Fight in "Hoppy Serves A Writ" (1943) (video)

William Boyd ("Hopalong Cassidy") and Victor Jory clash...

...in one of the most furious, two-fisted saloon brawls ever filmed.

While the actors hold their own in the close shots...

...it's the stuntmen who really earned their paychecks that day.


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Blazing Saloon Fight in "Hoppy Serves A Writ" (1943) (video)

Robert Mitchum's Film Debut In A Hopalong Cassidy Western (video)

Robert Mitchum's first featured role was in "Hoppy Serves A Writ" (1943).

He was billed as "Bob Mitchum" and played an outlaw named Rigney. 

He would go on to appear in the series several more times.


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Robert Mitchum's Film Debut In A Hopalong Cassidy Western (video)